Big tech abuses gatekeeper power, says US lawmaker

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Note the point on unfair stifling of competition....

Each platform uses their gatekeeper position to protect their own power

"By controlling the infrastructure of the digital age, they have surveilled other businesses to identify potential rivals - and ultimately bought out, copied, or cut off their competitive threats."

"We've got to make sure that we keep high tech competitive so that smaller, innovative companies can compete,"

For decades, the Internet giants have enjoyed laissez-faire regulation in the United States, including scant antitrust enforcement of mergers. Still, they are coming under increasing attack in Washington over a range of issues including misinformation, hate speech, election meddling, and what Republicans decry as anti-conservative bias.

It's "nearly impossible" to stop dominant companies from buying smaller rivals that could become future competitors, like Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp

Qn: Consider the claim that there should be greater control over social media. (ACJC Prelim 2020)